Blink - and they've gone

Incredible 60ft trimaran fleet roar out of Le Havre. James Boyd reports

While yesterday Bernard Stamm's Bobst Group-Armor Lux took 26 minutes to sail the 3.5 miles to the Paul Vatine mark, today leader Groupama sailed the same distance in just seven minutes.

The rounding order and times at the mark were as follows:

Groupama 12h 57m 02s
Fujifilm 58m 24s
Sergio Tacchini 58m 44s
Foncia 58m 50s
Belgacom 59m00s
Nautica 59m10s
Bonduelle 59m20s
Eure et Loir 59m29s
La Trinitaine 59m29s
Covefi 59m44s
Banque Pop 00m30s
Gitana 02m18s
Pindar 07m30s